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Understanding Past Simple Tense

The past simple tense is used to describe actions that are completely finished in the past, with time markers such as 'yesterday' and 'last'. It includes auxiliary verbs 'was' and 'were' for affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms, and distinguishes between regular and irregular verbs. Additionally, it provides guidelines for forming affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, along with spelling rules for certain verb endings.

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Understanding Past Simple Tense

The past simple tense is used to describe actions that are completely finished in the past, with time markers such as 'yesterday' and 'last'. It includes auxiliary verbs 'was' and 'were' for affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms, and distinguishes between regular and irregular verbs. Additionally, it provides guidelines for forming affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, along with spelling rules for certain verb endings.

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The past simple tense

The use : We use the past simple to describe an action that is completely finished in the past

Time markers : Yesterday , last………., ago ,date in the past

AUXILARY ( TO BE )

Personal pronouns Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form


I I?
He Was Was not/ wasn`t Was he ?
She She ?
it
You You?
We Were Were not /weren`t Were we ?
They they ?

There are 2 sorts of verbs in English regular verbs eg: ( to visit ,to cook, to like , to play, to watch……………………)

and irregular verbs eg : (to buy , to write, to eat , to drink ,to see………………………………………………………………………)

1) Affirmative form : - Regular verbs  S + verb + ed Eg : To like ==>lik ed

-Irregular verbs S + Verb in the past (see the list) Eg: to make  made

2) Negative form : S + didn`t / did not + stem eg: I didn`t go to school yesterday

3) Interrogative form : Did +subject + stem +? eg : Did you go to school yesterday ?

WH QUESTIONS = WH words + did + subject +stem +? Eg: What did you do yesterday ?

SPELLING REMARKS :

1) Verbs that finish with a vowel + y  Add (ed ) eg : To play  played To stay Stayed
2) Verbs that finish with s consonant + y  Change the ` Y’ into `I’ and add ( ed ) eg : To study Studied

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